Gambierdiscus polynesiensis

Gambierdiscus polynesiensis is a species of toxic (ciguatoxin- and maitotoxin-like toxicity) dinoflagellate. It is 68–85 μm long and 64–75 μm wide dorsoventrally and its surface is smooth. It is identified by a large triangular apical pore plate, a narrow fish-hook opening surrounded by 38 round pores, and a large, broad posterior intercalary plate. Its first plate occupies 60% of the width of the hypotheca.[1]

Gambierdiscus polynesiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Myzozoa
Superclass: Dinoflagellata
Class: Dinophyceae
Order: Gonyaulacales
Family: Ostreopsidaceae
Genus: Gambierdiscus
Species:
G. polynesiensis
Binomial name
Gambierdiscus polynesiensis
Chinain & Faust, 1999

References

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  1. ^ Chinain, Mireille; Faust, Maria A.; Pauillac, Serge (1999). "Morphology and Molecular Analyses of Three Toxic Species of Gambierdiscus (Dinophyceae): G. Pacificus, Sp. Nov., G. Australes, Sp. Nov., and G. Polynesiensis, Sp. Nov". Journal of Phycology. 35 (6): 1282–1296. Bibcode:1999JPcgy..35.1282C. doi:10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3561282.x. ISSN 0022-3646. S2CID 84382012.

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